Hair curling



Patented Sept. I 5, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE nun CURLING I Mary Lou Urs,- Cincinnati, Ohio Application November 17, 1938, Serial No. 241,052 8 Claims. (Cl. 1s23s) to hold the hair in contact with the spindle. The' spindle may then be turned so that the hair is wound around it and then the coiled hair is treated in a suitable way and by suitable means to cause the hair to assume a more or less permanent curl. Ordinarily by such means the curl is made on a relatively small diameter corresponding with the small diameter of the spindle. It is a purpose of the present invention to associate with such a spindle mechanism which may be so applied as to cause at least a part of the strand of hair to be curled on a larger diameter than that part of the strand wound directly upon the spindle.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of apparatus to be associated with the usual spindle. Fig. 2 is a more or less diagrammatic illustration of a strand of hair being treated in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a strand of hair completely wound up and ready to be treated to set the curl. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section on the lines 44 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a more or less diagrammatic side elevation of a strand of hair after the treatment. Fig. 6 is a Side elevation, broken away in part, showing an alternative form of mechanism auxiliary to the usual spindle.

To the strand of hair A may be applied near the scalp B the usual clamping and holding mechanism 10. At its end the tip of the strand of hair may be passed about the usual spindle H and held thereon by the hinged clamp II. The spindle I! may be turned and the hair wound upon it for a suitable distance. Then a spacer member I3 may be placed on the hair already wound on the spindle as illustrated, for instance, in the middle position in Fig.2. The turning of the spindle may then be continued and more hair may be wound upon it. When this has proceededhair already wound upon the spindle as indicated in the lower full line position in Fig. 2. When one or two or any suitable number of spacers are in place the winding may proceed and the spindle may then be placed in the usual seats l6 and I1 carried by the clamping member l0. In this position the whole may be arranged about as shown in Fig. 4 and the han- 5 die I 8 may be employed to twist the portion of the spindle ll carrying the hair and cause the hair on the spindle to be turned more or less tightly so that the hair on the spindle will be tightly wrapped. The loose arrangement of Fig. 10 4 is diagrammatic only and may vary considerably in difierent operations. Instead of employing the loose members l3, there may be employed a resilient ring l5 of a suitable size to pass on and frictionally grip one end of the spindle ll. Fivoted to the ring l5 may be one or more spacer members It and I9a of suitable size and shape such as illustrated in Fig. 6. The members l9 and 19a may 'be separately turned in and applied to the hair at appropriate intervals. The 20 members l3, l9 and We will preferably be some-- what shorter in length than the length of the spindle so as not to interfere with the seating of the spindle ends in the seats l6 and I1 and so as not to interfere with the turning of the spindle into its final position. It will be understood, of course, that the strand of hair will not ordinarilycover the entire spindle and such short spacer members will be sufllciently long to receive the entire strand of hair for treatment.

In order to prevent cutting or injuring the hair it is highly important that the members l3, l9 and l9a. be smooth and that all of their edges and surfaces be smoothed oil and rounded so as to avoid any abrupt turns in the hair.

. This is particularly important since in its final l9 and I9a be provided with numerous perfora tions so that the vapors may have free movement and may not be obstructed or restrained in their movements through the rolled hair.

The usual spindle has a relatively small diameter and that portion of the strand of hair coiled upon it will naturally be set in relatively small curls as illustrated at the top in Fig. 5. Such small curls throughout the entire strand over the entire head are frequently highly undesirable. In order to insure larger and freer curls in portions of the strand of hair the spacer members l3, l9 and [9a will preferably be formed on a somewhat larger radius or diameter than the spindle II and may be so formed that when placed upon the hair the outer edges of the spacer members only will engage the hair so that the main portion of the'spacer member will be set away from the hair. Thus the spindle and hair to which the spacer member has been applied, as a whole may have a diameter considerably larger than the diameter of the spindle ll, so that when the-remaining portion of the strand of hair is wrapped around both the spindle and the spacer member it will be on a larger diameter, and when set that portion of the hair will carry a larger and freer curl, as shown, for instance, in the middle portion of Fig. 5. It may be desired to provide even larger and looser waves in the hair nearer the scalp or in any portion of the strand and for this purpose an additional spacer member similarly formed may be inserted, the effect of this being clearly illustrated in Fig. 5.

In order to get a more or less uniform effect over the head it will be understood that this curling procedure is appliedto a large number of strands covering all or a considerable portion of the scalp. In order to produce approximate uniformity it may be convenient to measure each strand an equal distance from the scalp for the insertion of the first spacer member, as

illustrated at the middle of Fig. 2, and likewise if a second spacer member is to be employed it may be convenient to measure a difierent distance from the scalp for the insertion of the second spacer member as illustrated at the bottom of Fig. 2. When the spacer members are placed on all of the various strands at approximately the same distance from the scalp the hair as a whole will fall into larger and smaller waves more or less uniformly.

The invention is not confined to the specific I and to be held in place by continuing the windby continuing the winding of another comprising a removable ring adapted to fit about an end of the spool, and carried by the ring a member of less length than the spool and curved on a radius larger than the spool and the hair thereon and having perforations throughout the body of the member and being provided with rounded corners and edges and being adapted to be laid on thespool after a portion of the strand of hair is wound thereon and to be held in place by continuing the winding -o1 another portion of the strand of hair thereover.

3. A hair waving spool for making substantially equal coils of hair, a device applied thereto to make other substantially equal, of larger diameter, coils of hair thereon.

4. A device for use with a hair waving spool comprising a member of less length than the spool and curved on a radius larger than the spool and the hair thereon .and adapted to be laid on the spool after a portion of the strand of hair is wound thereon and to be held in place portion of the strand of hair thereover.

5. A device for use with a hair waving spool comprising a removable ring adapted to fit about an end of the spool, and carried by the ring a plurality of members each of less length than the spool and each curved on a radius larger than the spool and the hair thereon and having perforations throughout the body of the member and being provided with rounded corners and edges and each adapted to be laid in succe'ssion on the spool after successive portions of the strand of hair are wound thereon and to be held in place by continuing the winding of another portion of the strand of hair thereover.

6. A device for use with a hair waving spool comprising a removable ring adapted to fit about an end of the spool, and carried by the ring a plurality of -members each of less length than the spool and each curved on a radius larger than the spool and the hair thereon and each adapted to be laid in succession on the spool after successive portions of the strand of hair are wound thereon and to be held in place by continuing the winding of another portion of the strand of hair thereover. '7. A device for use with a hair waving spool about which hair is wound adapted to rest on hair wound on the spool and having 'a portion out of contact with the wound hair and about which additional hair is wound.

8. A device for use with a hair waving spool about which hair is wound adapted to rest on hair wound on the spool and having a raised portion about which and the underlying hair additional hair is wound. I

MARY LOU UB8. 

